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The Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation at Deakin University is among the eight organisations that will work together on SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre’s Spacecraft Autonomy and Onboard AI for Next Generation Space Systems (SCARLET-a) project. 

The University of Southen Queensland (UniSQ) is now home to the new Innovative Launch, Automation, Novel Materials, Communications and Hypersonics Trailblazer (iLAuNCH), a program aimed at transforming world-class Australian research into practical breakthroughs. 

SmartSat is spearheading a three-year, $7 million collaborative project to manufacture new artificial intelligence-enabled autonomous spacecraft.

The Sovereign Manufacturing Automation for Composites CRC (SoMAC CRC) has initiated its first research partnership with Gilmour Space Technologies and the University of Queensland (UQ)  which might result in the creation of a low-cost solution for safeguarding space launch vehicles and spacecraft from intense heat and pressure.

UNSW Sydney Professor Andrew Dempster, director of the Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research (ACSER), said he believes many people are unaware of how simple it is to send something into space, citing the use of cubesats, which are lunchbox-sized satellites that can undertake space-based experiments.

Gilmour Space Technologies today announced a $52 million grant deal with Australia's federal government to advance the research and commercialisation of new space technologies as part of its Australian Space Manufacturing Network (ASMN) initiative. 

Spiral Blue, a Sydney-based space company that manufactures edge computers for satellites, announced what it claims as a major breakthrough in the field of space-based Earth observation that it said will open up new horizons for AI-powered advancements in monitoring and understanding our planet.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was in attendance at the reveal of Gilmour Space Technologies’ Eris rocket, the very first home-grown orbital launch vehicle in Australia. 

Queensland-based nanomaterials company White Graphene Limited is slated to work with global manufacturing giant Boeing after winning the Sustainability in Space Pitch Competition and clinching $100,000 in funding. 

Australian space launch provider Southern Launch has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UK-based Space Forge to explore possibilities of Satellite Return to Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range, further expanding the in-space manufacturing market.